Rating: Summary: My Second Reading Review: This book is a fantasy by one of the greatest living Science Fiction writers. In this it fails : that is is wordy; that it over uses devices like man eating plants and strange aliens. It has a good fairy tale plot of a prince who is unjustly deprived of his crown by magic ( science?). The treatment of Juggling has a pop culture ring to it. Dreams as sendings by amplified thoughts is also a popular genera. It is still a very good book, but I found myself skipping long very wordy discriptive passages. But not as much as the first time I read it...
Rating: Summary: My Second Reading Review: This book is a fantasy by one of the greatest living Science Fiction writers. In this it fails : that is is wordy; that it over uses devices like man eating plants and strange aliens. It has a good fairy tale plot of a prince who is unjustly deprived of his crown by magic ( science?). The treatment of Juggling has a pop culture ring to it. Dreams as sendings by amplified thoughts is also a popular genera. It is still a very good book, but I found myself skipping long very wordy discriptive passages. But not as much as the first time I read it...
Rating: Summary: Excellent! Review: This is my favorite book! My father loved it, and he recommended it to me. Then I recommended it to my best friend, and she couldn't put it down! Some people hate fantasy novels, but this novel is definitely above the other fantasy novels that people hate. The plot was engaging, and the characters were interesting. In fact, I was so mad when I finished the novel because I would no longer have this wonderful book to finish!
Rating: Summary: Excellent! Review: This was a very enjoyable book. It was almost too hard to put down!
Rating: Summary: One of 3 books that I've read twice. Review: This was the best book I have ever read, and the only book that I've read 3 times. The story is interesting and exciting. Silverberg is really captures your imagination. This is a MUST read.
Rating: Summary: Slow moving fantasy/sf "epic" Review: This wasn't a really bad book, but it was disappointing because it didn't live up to some of the reviews I'd read. The characters were trite and frankly uninteresting (most of the non-human characters were about as "alien" as left handed humans). The plot was linear, predictable, and plodding. It might have been a page turner for me if I were a juggling buff or a psychologist specializing in dream analysis, but I'm neither so it was a chore to get through. The last Marjipoor book for me.
Rating: Summary: A grand adventure of a man finding his rightful place! Review: Valentine takes the challenge to be Coronal of Majipoor again, and in his time of exile he finds new friends and a lover. Valentine takes up juggling since he has no trade, but in the end he finds himself to be ruler of Majipoor! This is my favorite story, and must have read it about five or six times. A wonderful book for all ages including mine (13) Get it and read it!
Rating: Summary: Excellent Review: Very heroic in sweep. World scaled very large. This is the first book in the series. I am a bit surprised that no film has been made of this - it definately has movie potential.
Rating: Summary: Excellent Review: Very heroic in sweep. World scaled very large. This is the first book in the series. I am a bit surprised that no film has been made of this - it definately has movie potential.
Rating: Summary: Basically a Good Story Review: Welcome to the world of Majipoor, a very interesting world full of many things to taste and touch. Silverberg intrigues your imagination will excellent descriptions of every place you read about. Sometimes though, I got a little bored with the thorough explanations and descriptions of everything, but then the exciting parts make up for that. The plot is excellent and after you manage to read it, you have a wonderful feeling inside of you. A very cool twist at the ending. The parts in the book that are moving and exciting are spaced out, causing the reader to have patience to get to the parts that make you want to read on and on. I recommend this book to any reader of sci-fi or fantasy, after you have finished this big story and let it soak into you, you won't be disappointed.
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